Model goes to cops in row over pet

MUMBAI: Former Gladrags winner (2006-2007) and Prabhadevi resident Rupali Suri feels that she has got the chance to vindicate herself after the Dadar police registered a non-cognizable offence against her senior citizen neighbour who reportedly dragged her to the police station for keeping a dog at home.
Suri met assistant commissioner of police (Dadar division) Madhukar Sankhe on Thursday and narrated the incident."Sankhe heard me out and registered a non-cognizable offence against my neighbour. He assured that action would be taken against him if he came with any complaint to harass me,'' Suri told TOI on Thursday.
The incident refers to a rainy July 24 afternoon when Suri, a resident of Vittal Niwas Society, had to spend three hours at the Dadar police station because her pet pug, three-year-old Don, had urinated on the building steps. Despite Suri cleaning up the mess and disinfecting the stairs, her neighbour lodged a police complaint following which she, her two sisters and her grandmother were detained. They was let off only after paying a fine of Rs 1,200.
"I lost money for no reason. Even the assistant commissioner said it was not an offence that attracted a fine,'' Suri said. "I also asked him to tell the constable to apologise for grabbing my hand and dragging me to the police station. Sankhe said such incident would not be repeated. However, my neighbour is still maintaining that he would not let me keep a pet.''
Sankhe confirmed that Suri had met him. "It is a civil matter but we have taken down an NC complaint against the person who harassed Suri,'' he said.